- Manipulate objects to gain additional information
- use tools to gain more information
- describe, both in writing and verbally, objects as accurately as possible and compare observations with those of other people.
- make new observations when there is a disagreement among initial observations
- demonstrate the ability to work with a team but still reach and communicate one's own conclusions about findings
- use tools to investigate, observe, measure, design and build things
- recognize and describe ways that some materials can be used over again
- give estimates of answers to problems before doing them formally
- make estimates of lengths, weights and time intervals and checks them by measurements
- assemble, design, take apart, and reassemble constructions
- draw pictures and write brief descriptions that correctly portray key features of an object
- investigate by observing and then describe that some events in nature have a repeating pattern
- investigate, compare and describe weather changes
- investigate by observing and describe chunks of rocks and their many sizes, shapes
- investigate by observing and then describe how animals and plants sometimes cause changes
- investigate that things can be done to materials
- discuss how people use electricity or burn fuels
- investigate and observe that the way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or pull
- observe and identify different external features of plants and animals
- observe that and describe how animals may use plants for shelter and nesting
- observe and explain that plants and animals both need to take in water, food and plants need light
- recognize and explain that living things are found almost everywhere in the world
- recognize and explain that materials in nature can be recycled
- observe and describe the different external features of people
- recognize and discuss that people are more like one another than they are like other animals
- give examples of different roles people have in families and communities
- recognize and measuring numbers between whole numbers
- describe how changing one thing can cause changes in something else ex. exercise increases heart beat
- explain people believe things if given good reason to
- explain that some events can be predicted with certainty
- explain that sometimes a person can find out a lot about a group of things
- investigate that most objects are made of parts
- observe and explain that models may not be the same size
- describe that things can change in different ways